Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 14 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 73 53 48
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 10.75% 11.21% 11.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.02% 36.81% 34.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 40 43
10th Percentile £314 £481 £391
25th Percentile £396 £500 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £544 £590
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% -7.84% -1.67%
75th Percentile £559 £638 £663
90th Percentile £688 £655 £698
Yorkshire median daily rate £493 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -3.80% -6.82% +2.33%

All Cloud Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 228 144 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 33.58% 30.44% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 94 110
10th Percentile £309 £400 £400
25th Percentile £384 £468 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £523 £592
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% -11.67% +7.55%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £625
90th Percentile £641 £650 £688
Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £18.65
25th Percentile - £20.50 £18.88
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +8.82%
75th Percentile - £21.50 £19.88
90th Percentile - - £19.95
Yorkshire median hourly rate £113.75 £21.00 £22.51
% change year-on-year +441.67% -6.71% +0.04%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield -5 71 £475 -15.56% 26
Doncaster +3 1 £300 -40.00% 2
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.48%) Confluence
2 2 (2.74%) CICS
2 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.74%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.74%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.37%) Apache
3 1 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.37%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.37%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (60.27%) AWS
2 38 (52.05%) GCP
3 15 (20.55%) Azure AKS
3 15 (20.55%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (19.18%) Entra ID
5 13 (17.81%) AWS CloudFormation
6 12 (16.44%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (12.33%) SaaS
8 8 (10.96%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (10.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 6 (8.22%) GitHub
10 4 (5.48%) Akamai
11 3 (4.11%) Cloudflare
11 3 (4.11%) Power Platform
12 2 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
13 1 (1.37%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (1.37%) Azure API Management
13 1 (1.37%) Collibra
13 1 (1.37%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.59%) Firewall
2 3 (4.11%) HTTP
2 3 (4.11%) HTTPS
3 2 (2.74%) SAN
3 2 (2.74%) VPN
4 1 (1.37%) Broadband
4 1 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.37%) FCoE
4 1 (1.37%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (1.37%) iSCSI
4 1 (1.37%) LAN
4 1 (1.37%) Multicast
4 1 (1.37%) NAS
4 1 (1.37%) WAN
4 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.44%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (6.85%) NoSQL
3 4 (5.48%) Metadata
4 3 (4.11%) BigQuery
4 3 (4.11%) Power BI
5 2 (2.74%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.74%) Spark SQL
5 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.37%) DataStage
6 1 (1.37%) DB2
6 1 (1.37%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.37%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (1.37%) MySQL
6 1 (1.37%) Redis
6 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (19.18%) Jenkins
2 13 (17.81%) JIRA
3 9 (12.33%) SoapUI
4 8 (10.96%) Postman
5 3 (4.11%) Git
5 3 (4.11%) GitLab
5 3 (4.11%) Selenium
6 2 (2.74%) JUnit
6 2 (2.74%) TestNG
7 1 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (1.37%) Zephyr
General
1 30 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 19 (26.03%) Finance
3 9 (12.33%) Banking
4 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.48%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.11%) Law
6 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.74%) Police
6 2 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.37%) Private Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
7 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) Analyst
1 15 (20.55%) Developer
2 9 (12.33%) Business Analyst
3 8 (10.96%) Test Analyst
4 6 (8.22%) Architect
4 6 (8.22%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 3 (4.11%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) IT Support
7 3 (4.11%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (2.74%) Angular Developer
8 2 (2.74%) Banking Analyst
8 2 (2.74%) Banking Business Analyst
8 2 (2.74%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) Node.js Developer
8 2 (2.74%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.70%) JSON
1 10 (13.70%) SAML
2 9 (12.33%) OAuth
3 8 (10.96%) OpenID
3 8 (10.96%) Regular Expression
4 7 (9.59%) Hugging Face
4 7 (9.59%) OpenCV
4 7 (9.59%) PyTorch
4 7 (9.59%) SpaCy
4 7 (9.59%) TensorFlow
5 6 (8.22%) OAuth2
5 6 (8.22%) REST
6 4 (5.48%) RESTful
7 3 (4.11%) LDAP
7 3 (4.11%) Middleware
7 3 (4.11%) XML
8 2 (2.74%) .NET
8 2 (2.74%) CSS
8 2 (2.74%) Hibernate
8 2 (2.74%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Cloud Native
2 12 (16.44%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.11%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.11%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.74%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.74%) Clustering
4 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.74%) Mainframe
4 2 (2.74%) Replication
5 1 (1.37%) CCTV
5 1 (1.37%) FMCG
5 1 (1.37%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.37%) NHS
5 1 (1.37%) PDA
5 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.37%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.59%) Windows
2 2 (2.74%) Android
2 2 (2.74%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.74%) Linux
2 2 (2.74%) Solaris
2 2 (2.74%) zOS
3 1 (1.37%) MVS
3 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (52.05%) DevOps
2 26 (35.62%) CI/CD
3 25 (34.25%) Agile
4 18 (24.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (19.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (17.81%) DevSecOps
8 12 (16.44%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (15.07%) Scrum
9 11 (15.07%) Security Testing
10 10 (13.70%) Cloud Security
10 10 (13.70%) GAP Analysis
10 10 (13.70%) Identity Access Management
10 10 (13.70%) Identity Management
10 10 (13.70%) RBAC
11 9 (12.33%) Kanban
11 9 (12.33%) Privileged Access Management
12 8 (10.96%) OWASP
12 8 (10.96%) Software Testing
12 8 (10.96%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (31.51%) Python
2 13 (17.81%) SQL
3 11 (15.07%) Java
4 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.74%) Bicep
5 2 (2.74%) C#
5 2 (2.74%) Groovy
5 2 (2.74%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.37%) Bash
6 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (13.70%) CISM
1 10 (13.70%) CISSP
1 10 (13.70%) ISTQB
2 5 (6.85%) Azure Certification
3 3 (4.11%) CEH
3 3 (4.11%) GIAC
3 3 (4.11%) GWAPT
4 2 (2.74%) Degree
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.74%) SAP Certification
4 2 (2.74%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.37%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.37%) CCSK
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) GDPR
1 8 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.59%) NIST
2 7 (9.59%) PCI DSS
3 6 (8.22%) QA
4 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (17.81%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.85%) Docker
2 5 (6.85%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.74%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.74%) KVM
3 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.37%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.37%) NFS
4 1 (1.37%) Snort
4 1 (1.37%) SRDF
4 1 (1.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.37%) Xen
Systems Management
1 25 (34.25%) Kubernetes
2 21 (28.77%) Terraform
3 10 (13.70%) Ansible
3 10 (13.70%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.74%) CSIRT
6 1 (1.37%) Argo
6 1 (1.37%) Puppet
6 1 (1.37%) SCOM
6 1 (1.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (31.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.81%) Google
3 11 (15.07%) F5
4 8 (10.96%) Alibaba
4 8 (10.96%) BeyondTrust
4 8 (10.96%) CyberArk
4 8 (10.96%) Thycotic
5 5 (6.85%) Cisco
5 5 (6.85%) Databricks
6 4 (5.48%) Imperva
6 4 (5.48%) Oracle
7 3 (4.11%) SAP
8 2 (2.74%) Delphix
8 2 (2.74%) EMC
8 2 (2.74%) IBM
8 2 (2.74%) NetApp
8 2 (2.74%) VMware
9 1 (1.37%) AppDynamics
9 1 (1.37%) Pure Storage
9 1 (1.37%) Salesforce